what i love about my kindle
iāve noticed that quarantine is making a lot of people buy a bunch of stuff online, so why not contribute to the problem?
jkāplease be thoughtful with your purchases.
and as for those who are like āit doesnāt fEeL tHe sAme aS a REAL bOOkāā¦ hear me out, okay?
itās not just handy for people who canāt leave the house or are worried about shippingā¦
i can read whatever book whenever i want
if i donāt like what iām reading, i can get something else within minutes even if itās 3 am and iām not near a library, which is likeā¦ amazing?
itās portable
this little device can obviously hold sooo many books in the same space that a single paperback takes up (or less). thatās insanely convenient for people who need to pack lightly while traveling (heavy bias here).
i can actually find where i left off
i can never remember to bring bookmarks, so i usually end up using the nearest object to hold my place, which is really bad (for multiple reasons). i try to remember page numbers, but i just donāt have that kind of storage left in my head hehe, so i love the digital bookmarking option and the feature that automatically saves what page iām on in case i forget that too.
i can read in the dark
my bedside lamp doesnāt need to announce to the world that iām still awake at four amā¦ i donāt need to blind a sleep-deprived driver or a *finally silent* infant on a plane by turning on overhead lightsā¦ or break my wrist while holding a flashlight for hours under the coversā¦ itās heaven.
i can read outside
on the *rare* occasion that i leave the house, the sun usually ends up ruining it for me. the bright light in combination with the white pages only worsens my contact prescription, so the black page option is heaven (and thatās not the only color, folks!). i also really appreciate the fact that a strong beach wind can no longer snatch a page from between my fingersāha.
no one has to know what iām reading
the anonymity of reading on a kindle seems like such a trivial thing, but itās definitely stopped the is the guy across the aisle judging my book choice? thoughts that interrupt my reading every few seconds on the bus.Ā with no cover to show, how is anyone going to know if iām reading whatās considered ātrashā?
itās more comfortable
anyone whoās ever tried to read in bed knows the struggle of trying to lie down while propping up a big-ass book for hours without killing your arms āthis thing is light and slim enough that you wonāt feel like an amputation is necessary.
itās better for class
thereās a search function that makes it super easy to find a certain part in case i want to reread or quote it, which can be lifesaving when iām writing a paper for literature. besides that, there are plenty of highlighting options and tools to annotate if youāre interested.
the dictionary feature
it doesnāt happen often, but when thereās a word i donāt know, iām going to find out what it meansāi have to restore my dignity somehow, okay? when i read, my phone is usually halfway across the room, and letās be real, iām not going to walk all the way over there to get it, so the fact that i can just tap the word to explore it is really handy.
itās a great tool for language-learning
first of all, the translation featureās got your back. also: text-to-speech and audio books can save your ass on pronunciations, and audible stories even offers a bunch of free preschool books to start out with. your reading and listening comprehension skills are going to be fire after this.
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